knew other guys had in the music
world and those Alex, Jared, and
Jordan knew as well.
I thought you had a nice inside
joke for somebody raised
in Springsteen Country to have
people chant “Bruce” after a gig.
Yeah, I was wondering if anyone
would pick up on that.
Who were some of your favorite
bands growing up?
Two bands really sparked it for
me when I was 13 and that was U2
and R.E.M. That was the new wave
/ post punk world taking over. In
my high school (Monsignor Donovan
High School in Toms River,
now known as Donovan Catholic
High School), you were in three
camps in terms of music. You
were either in the Saturday Night
Fever dance camp, the Deliverance
/ Allman Brothers / Marshall
Tucker Band world, or you were in
the Fast Times at Ridgemont High
new wave world and that’s where
I hit my stride. I remember the
first time I heard “Sunday, Bloody
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